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noun

Placitum n. (pl. placita)

A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state.

(Old Eng. Law) A court, or cause in court.

(Law) A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.

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... Essentia, prout auri in auro latet Essentia. Juxta quod Practicam nobis ad Memoriam ponimus, ut non obliviscamur, ad hunc modum: Recipe Vinum vetustissimum & optimum quod habere poteris, calore saporeque ad placitum, hoc in vas vitreum infundas ut tertiam ejus partem impleat, & sigillo Hermetis occlusum in equino ventre mensibus quatuor, & in continuato calore teneatur qui non deficiat. Quo peracto, Hyeme cum frigus & gelu maxime saeviunt, ...

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